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These are some pics of my NAC dating from the days after its reception in December 2021. They shows my work on the cash panel and the rear cabinet at the workshop of a friend of mine in order to be ready for the painting. Maybe the following tips will be usefull for those who wants to restorate that cab in near future :
Starting with a no 350 sanding paper allows you to do a quick and strong job by removing all the varnish. Since the no 350 is strong and leaves marks and reliefs, you will have to finish the job with a no 500, this later will leave a more smooth surface. You can remove all the painting on some areas if you feel there are some bumps or deep wounds.
You certainly will have a lot of yellow dust, that’s why you should use a blowing gun during all the sanding process to clean your area and make a proper job without leaving any dust anywhere since sanding on dust will makes your work longer and harder. As you can see, the yellow dust is in quite big amount. If you don’t have a blowing gun, use a brush to collect dust before sanding another area. A paddle is also very usefull. It will give you some confort and support. It exists in different smoothness and size adapted to each areas.
If your fingers are too thick, you can still use a platic smooth spatula to make the angles. Take time to sand the doors area too and all corners. Once the sanding process is finished, you will get a clean and smooth surface everywhere. There is less quantity of painting inside (only off-spray) and no varnish, but the inside needs a bigger amount of work since there are a lot of corners and tricky areas. I also did use some ''Scotchbright'' at the very end (mine corresponded to no 800). Once done, use the blowing gun, then clean the whole stuff with some alcool.
Do not use a too high sanding paper (for ex. no 1200). The surface should be still rough because the painting have a better adherence on ruggish surface. So, no 800 is the maximum I suggest you to work with if you're picky.
Later, I'll post more details of the preliminar work. Stay tuned !
These are some pics of my NAC dating from the days after its reception in December 2021. They shows my work on the cash panel and the rear cabinet at the workshop of a friend of mine in order to be ready for the painting. Maybe the following tips will be usefull for those who wants to restorate that cab in near future :
Starting with a no 350 sanding paper allows you to do a quick and strong job by removing all the varnish. Since the no 350 is strong and leaves marks and reliefs, you will have to finish the job with a no 500, this later will leave a more smooth surface. You can remove all the painting on some areas if you feel there are some bumps or deep wounds.
You certainly will have a lot of yellow dust, that’s why you should use a blowing gun during all the sanding process to clean your area and make a proper job without leaving any dust anywhere since sanding on dust will makes your work longer and harder. As you can see, the yellow dust is in quite big amount. If you don’t have a blowing gun, use a brush to collect dust before sanding another area. A paddle is also very usefull. It will give you some confort and support. It exists in different smoothness and size adapted to each areas.
If your fingers are too thick, you can still use a platic smooth spatula to make the angles. Take time to sand the doors area too and all corners. Once the sanding process is finished, you will get a clean and smooth surface everywhere. There is less quantity of painting inside (only off-spray) and no varnish, but the inside needs a bigger amount of work since there are a lot of corners and tricky areas. I also did use some ''Scotchbright'' at the very end (mine corresponded to no 800). Once done, use the blowing gun, then clean the whole stuff with some alcool.
Do not use a too high sanding paper (for ex. no 1200). The surface should be still rough because the painting have a better adherence on ruggish surface. So, no 800 is the maximum I suggest you to work with if you're picky.
Later, I'll post more details of the preliminar work. Stay tuned !
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